Mood:
energeticNow Playing: Packing Up
I did some more soapstone mold work last night. With a little luck we should be able to do a test cast this weekend and maybe have a finished article come Monday.
Today I’m writing my packing list. The list will be shorter then usual. Because, I will only need to take my tools, some stock, and maybe an alternate heat source or two (just in case I need more heat for the casting, then coal can provide).
Where I’ll be working already has a coal forge (that will already be lit when I arrive and hot and ready before I even go to work), anvils, posts vises and all the benches and heavy stuff that are a pain to drag around and set-up. You see I’ll be working in a real 19th century smithy, right here in Southern California.
So all I should need to toss into the truck is two tool buckets, my propane forge and propane tank and the Oxy/Acetylene torch. I’ll pack-up Sunday afternoon/evening. Because this weekend I’ll be doing the pre-work for Mondays shoot. So tonight and tomorrow night I should be cleaning and stacking metal into billets for pattern welding. More about that soon as I continue the pattern welding process, photo topic.
Scott B. Jaqua
Hagerson Forge.
